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QC54
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victim of torture
victime de tortureCategory label
Victim of tortureVictime de tortureQ-Code scope note
victim of intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering, includes the torture of animals. (adapted from MeSH, see under Torture)victime de souffrances physiques ou mentales intentionnelles. Comprends la torture des animaux. (adapté du MeSH Torture)Q-Code conceptual content
Crimes against Humanity ; The Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court holds that acts including, murder, rape, torture, enslavement, enforced disappearances and other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health, when committed as part of a widespread or systemic attack directed against any civilian population. These crimes are reinforced by treaties and customary international law. (OCHA) (Reliefweb)Torture ; any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. (UnitedNations Convention Against Torture, Article 1.1)Torture ; The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals(MeSH)UMLS CUI
C0040488
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Crosby SS, Norredam M, Paasche-Orlow MK, Piwowarczyk L, Heeren T, Grodin MA. Prevalence of torture survivors among foreign-born patients presenting to an urban ambulatory care practice. Journal of general internal medicine. 2006; 21(7): 764-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16808779
Eisenman DP, Keller AS, Kim G. Survivors of torture in a general medical setting: how often have patients been tortured, and how often is it missed?. The Western journal of medicine. 2000; 172(5): 301-4. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10832420
Weinstein HM, Dansky L, Iacopino V. Torture and war trauma survivors in primary care practice. The Western journal of medicine. 1996; 165(3): 112-8. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8909162
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